Reply to "Stroked Cleveland engine"

An older car lacking modern electronic traction control and using street tires just cannot harness huge amounts of horsepower. All it will accomplish is spinning the tires. A car that spins it's tires too easily will someday spin them when you least expect it, or when it is dangerous to do so. If you want to go fast the wise way to accomplish this is to be sensible with the horsepower, set the chassis up well, and lighten the car as much as possible.

The stroker makes controlling traction even more difficult. The beauty of the 351C is you can make abundant power with the original castings ... crankshaft, heads, etc. If it needed aftermarket parts to make power it would not be the legendary engine that it is. It is not a small block Chevy or a small block Ford, its "the Cleveland". Frankly, 450 bhp is a better target if going fast is your goal, and it is easy to reach that target with a 351C. You have to engineer your "package" around going fast with street tires without the aid of traction control.

That's my best advice. Best wishes with your project, and always.

-G